World Report - Septemer 18: Thursday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: September 18, 2025

US president Donald Trump praises suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live over Charlie Kirk comments. Trump concludes state visit to UK. The US president also plans to designate antifa as a major terrorist organization.Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Mexico in search of an ally and trade opportunities. Mexico under pressure to aid in arrest of Ryan Wedding, the one-time Team Canada Olympian who is now one the FBI's 10 most-wanted fugitives. British Columbia Premier David Eby says Prime Minister Mark Carney should look to BC, if he is looking for major projects that will build the Canadian economy.The Canadian Climate Institute says efforts to reduce carbon emissions have stalled. 

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This is World Report. Good morning. I'm Marcia Young. Jimmy Kimmel stays. Trump must go. Fans of Jimmy Kimmel protest outside the Los Angeles studio where his late night show broadcasts. They are upset. ABC has pulled the show off the air over comments he made about Charlie Kirk's death. their protest is being countered by praise from U.S. President Donald Trump. And Trump says ABC is courageous for pulling the show. And speaking during a press conference in the U.K. last hour, he had this to say.

Well, Jimmy Kimmel was fired because he had bad ratings more than anything else. And he said a horrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk. And Jimmy Kimmel is not a talented person. He had very bad ratings. And they should have fired him a long time ago. So, you know, you can call that free speech or not. He was fired for lack of talent. Trump is now concluding his two-day state visit to the U.K.

He's also praising the relationship between the two countries. The U.S. President and Prime Minister Kier Starrmer held a news conference that has just wrapped up. And the CBC's Barr Stewart has been listening. Brar, what else did Trump have to say while talking about with Starrmer? Well, they're fielding a few questions. And both of the leaders met for about an hour they said privately, where they discussed a number of issues related to world affairs. And I would say there's nothing that we're hearing in this press conference

that really suggests that the British Prime Minister, Kirstarmer, was able to lean on Trump at all when it comes to some of the pivotal issues like Russia and Ukraine or like the war in Gaza. You know, Trump had talked about Putin, Russia's president, Vladimir Putin. He was asked if he was willing to put more pressure on. him. He didn't answer that question at all. He just said that he was, he'd been let down by him. Then he went on to list all the other wars that he believes he has settled as president. So I don't think we're really hearing that any kind of, you know, decisions or new ground

was gained to these discussions because it really does seem that both leaders are sticking to their sides. Trump was asked about the UK's intent to recognize a Palestinian state. Tell us more about what he said. Yeah, and the UK is expected to do that after Trump's visit, after he leaves, because obviously the prime minister didn't want to field too many questions about that because this is an area where Trump and Starmor

did disagree for sure, and Trump did acknowledge that. He was asked about what kind of pressure Trump might be able to put on Israel to end the war, and Trump didn't answer that either. He talked about the need to get the hostages back, to get them back right away. And he didn't address, you know, what a roadmap to peace would look like for the Palestinians

about the prospect of a Palestinian state. Instead, he just said that this is an area where he and he and Starmor do disagree. Thank you, Breyer. You're welcome. The CBC's Breyer Stewart in London. Donald Trump also says he plans to designate Antifa as a major terrorist organization. The term is shorthand for far-left anti-fascist militant groups. Antifa is more of a decentralized movement, not a single organization.

The U.S.S. president called them a sick, dangerous, radical left disaster. Prime Minister Mark Carney is on his way to Mexico right now. His trip is meant to renew ties with one of Canada's top export markets. As Catherine Tani reports, this year is the beginning of a review process for the North American Free Trade Agreement. The last time, the least. The last time, the leaders of Canada and Mexico match, Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away with a soccer ball. A reminder of something that three North American countries can agree on, hosting the World Cup next year. An area where Mexico, Canada, and our third co-hosts, the other president, we are totally aligned in our excitement, enthusiasm.

Finding more alignment is the name of the game today. when Carney and Mexican president Claudia Shane Bomb meet face to face. Government officials say the goal of this trip is to expand Canada-Mexico partnerships and security, infrastructure, energy, and, of course, trade. And to underscore support as U.S. President Donald Trump stirs up economic uncertainty on the continent, especially after Canadian politicians suggested Mexico be dropped from the trade pact. Donald Trump tried to put a wedge between us. We took debate.

Volpe is a member of the Prime Minister's Council on Canada-U.S. relations. It's very important to meet Mexicans face-to-face and say we're co-invested in the future here. But like in any good long-term relationship, you're going to have days where you're at each other, but you're going to have each other's back. A relationship that's never been more important with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement for review. Catherine Tunney, CBC News, Ottawa. As the Prime Minister heads to Mexico, CBC News is learning more about the hunt

for a Canadian thought to be hiding in that country. Ryan Wedding was once a team Canada Olympian. He is now listed as one of the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives. As Thomas Agela reports, Mexico's president is under pressure to do more to ensure he's caught. We hope she will soon take action against major narco-traffickers like Ryan Wedding. A senior U.S. government official recently demanding the Mexican president intervene to ensure the arrest of an Ontario-born fugitives. Authorities say Ryan Wedding leads a transnational drug trafficking empire linked to the notorious Cinelloa cartel, all while benefiting from high-level help in Mexico, according to the State

Department's Cartwright-Wiland. The cartels and government officials are working in tandem to allow for him to evade capture. Now, CBC News has learned Mexico has assigned its own federal agents to a task force hunting for wedding. Months ago, his right-hand man was arrested. near Guadalajara in a dramatic operation involving the Mexican Navy, who now appear likely to be involved in this search as well. Ryan Wedding to the line. Once an Olympic snowboarder, Wedding has a $10 million bounty on his head as one of the

FBI's most wanted. They will get him eventually. Former DEA International Operations Chief Mike Vihil says it's not a matter of if the 6'3 former athlete is captured, but when? If he is in Mexico, he's going to stand back. U.S. prosecutors want wedding extradited to face charges related to cocaine trafficking and murder. Thomas Dagg, CBC News, Toronto. British Columbia Premier David E.B. is in Ottawa with a message for the Prime Minister.

He says Mark Carney should look to B.C. if he's looking for major projects that will build the Canadian economy. In British Columbia, we have tens of billions of dollars in projects with private proponents that are ready to go. They need a strong federal partner. And unfortunately, because of this continuing push for this pipeline that doesn't actually exist in any meaningful way, I'm concerned. Those projects may be put in jeopardy by that push. He says that push for a pipeline is entirely political and it does not have any meaningful private backing or support from coastal First Nations. Canada's regulator is about to begin a hearing about which Canadian content obligations, apply to music streamers like Spotify.

Streaming services argue their current efforts to promote Canadian culture and the royalties they pay are good enough. Radio broadcasters also want the CRTC to have a lighter regulatory touch. Both sides will make their arguments during five days of hearings in Gatineau. A leading climate think tank says Canada's efforts to reduce carbon emissions have stalled. The Canadian Climate Institute has put out an estimate of the country's 2024 emissions. about seven months before the government will release its own numbers. And the results show Canada did not achieve an overall emissions reduction.

As Anayat Singh reports, the data comes as Ottawa is rethinking many key climate policies. Canada will not hit its 2030 target. That stark warning about our carbon emissions goals comes from leading think tank, the Canadian Climate Institute, based on its early estimates of last year's emissions. Dave Sawyer is the Institute's principal economist. The reductions required to get from where we are today to there would require 40 megatons of reductions a year and we have no precedent for it and we certainly don't have policy.

Emissions from the oil and gas industry actually rose in 2024, canceling out any reductions in other sectors of the economy. Meanwhile, sectors like transportation, heavy industries and buildings that have seen success in decarbonization also slowed their progress. The prognosis for the future doesn't look good either as Ottawa pulls back from climate policies like the consumer carbon tax and electric vehicle sales mandate. But Environment Minister Julie DeBrucun says this doesn't mean her government isn't continuing to work on the issue. There's going to be a climate

competitiveness strategy that we're putting out very much the way we're approaching it. It's a moral obligation to fight climate change for the future. The federal government has indicated that it will tweak policies related to large industrial emitters and is in talks with Alberta over oil and gas emissions policy. In Ayat Singh, CBC News, Toronto. That is World Report. I'm Marcia Young.